We are so excited to be hosting the Summer 2017 Big 10 Gender Based Violence Program Staff Gathering, on the beautiful University of Wisconsin-Madison campus! Thank you for your interest in being a part of Violence Prevention and Survivor Services’ (formerly UHS-EVOC) mission to create change on college campuses.

Self-defense is a risk reduction strategy that may offer assertiveness training, education about dangerous situations and “red flags” that perpetrators may exhibit, and strategies to physically and verbally resist dangerous situations. Self-defense does not prevent the choices perpetrators make to assault, but may provide individuals with confidence, awareness, and diffusion strategies to increase their safety and potentially lessen the severity of attacks.